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Arcadia Hop Rocket 11th Anniversary Ale

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95
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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2133.72/5.03.7/5.0Special9%72.2Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Anniversaries are meant to be celebrated, and as we looked back on 11 years of “balance in beer,” we decided to take a walk on the wild side with this year’s Anniversary Ale. Our brewers were finally turned loose to craft a beer that’s focused on the hops, and the result is Hop Rocket… Arcadia’s 11th Anniversary Ale.

Hop Rocket is a veritable constellation of hops… including some varieties that we haven’t used in other beers, and it’s delivered by the same booster of worldclass malt that our loyal fans have come to know and love with all Arcadia Ales. We appreciate the opportunity to share with you this “launch” of our 12th years, and we hope you’ll enjoy the ride with Arcadia Hop Rocket!
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 beerbill (1944), Laurel, New York, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Aug 18, 2009  
12 oz. bottle. Pours a cloudy orange gold with a thin-moderate yellow-white head that faded to film after a quarter of the glass but left long-lasting lace all the way to the end. Very pleasant aroma of grapefruit and orange with a bit of sweet resinous pine in the nose as well. The flavor is caramel malt along with some slightly sweet resinous pine and some bitter grapefruit. About three or four seconds after the swallow some serious alcohol heat arises and lingers for a good fifteen seconds before finally subsiding.


 zdk (215), New York, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 11, 2009  
draught @ RnH NYC: has an interesting, sharp almost vegetable bitterness with citrus, fruity notes and caramel malts. a bit of alcohol in the finish.


 mabel (2590), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Aug 6, 2009  
[2209-20090605] Sample. Sweaty orange rind wet hops aroma. Clear, amber brown body with a quick foamy off-white head. Lovely rich bitter wood orange flavour. Medium-full body. Tasty, a great start to the festival!
(4T @ Mondial 2009; Montreal, QC)


 drowland (1391), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/512/20
Aug 4, 2009  
Had this on tap in a pint glass. The aroma was all there, but the flavor was much too sweet.


Weedking4 (33), Stratford, Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/59/104/519/20
Aug 2, 2009  
In bottle at Foran’s in Detroit on the July 24th weekend. Incredibly easy to drink considering the abv%. Quite a delicious drink and I can’t wait to find another one next time i’m in the states.


 agl108 (503), Manayunk, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Aug 2, 2009  
On draft at Grey Lodge Pub. Poured orange with white head. Sweet citrus flavor with a crisp, bitter finish.


 deyholla (646), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/54/104/512/20
Jul 28, 2009  
On tap at the MBG Summer Festival. Poured amber with a light brown head. Strong hop smell like a wet forest or marijuana. Flavor is overly hopped and leads to a wet wood taste. Something was a bit off here.


 FunkyBrewster (450), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jul 26, 2009    Updated: Aug 1, 2009
On tap at Guthrie’s in Chicago. Pours a golden orange color with a slightly creamy white head. Aroma is a newly opened dime bag, just straight up weed, I passed it around the table so all of the non craft beer drinkers could take a whiff of weed in a glass. It has some underlying caramel malts but mostly just fresh hop oils. Flavor starts with a piney hop kick that gives way to a slightly citric fruity character. Continues to ride that piney character again finally adding some sweet malts before a finish of dry bitterness. Medium body and an active carbonation. Interesting beer, not well balanced at all though. I love hops so it was enjoyable enough but for anyone who doesn’t like a big mouth and nose of weed and pine, its not gonna be a fun experience.



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